Materials Planner

Zimmer Biomet; Norte; Presencial; COP 42.000.000 - 75.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Zimmer Biomet in Colombia is seeking a Materials Planner to ensure material availability aligns with production schedules and stock targets. The role involves coordinating with internal teams and suppliers to manage shortages, volumes, and capacity while supporting high standards of patient safety and quality.

The position emphasizes communication, planning accuracy, and proactive material flow improvements across the supply chain. Strong Excel skills and ERP experience are preferred.

Formación

• Knowledge of supply chain planning and management.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines and produce outputs regularly.
• Understanding of end-to-end supply chain interactions and dependencies.
• Ability to use analytical tools to issue, support, and execute decisions.
• Analytical skills and ability to extract meaning from data.
• Ability to communicate effectively both upwards and across the organization.

Responsabilidades

• Develops, maintains, and communicates materials schedules, inventory positions, and product costs to supply planning, manufacturing operations and others.
• Schedule the supply of direct materials and components to meet production requirements.
• Communicate raw materials shortages and update supply plans.
• Communicate with suppliers regarding future planned volumes, capacity, and availability.
• Reconcile supply non-conformances and re-plan material needs.
• Escalate supplier capacity issues to sourcing team.
• Develop and evaluate processes for material delivery from supplier to use.
• Monitor inventory levels against targets and support inventory checks.

Conocimientos

Supply chain planning

Communication

Negotiation

Deadlines

End-to-end supply chain

Analytical tools

Data analysis

Effective communication

Educación

BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Herramientas

ERP systems

Excel Advanced

Descripción del empleo

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient's mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

What You Can Expect

The Materials Planner ensures that the supply of materials meet the production schedule and minimum stock levels to ensure operational and production reliability. This role must also communicate to a variety of groups around materials shortages, volumes, and capacity. This requires the ability to maintain strong relationships both internally and externally to ensure supply of materials meets requirements. In doing so, this position helps Zimmer Biomet commit to the highest standards of patient safety and quality in our products and services and to world-class integrity and ethical business practices.

How You'll Create Impact

Strategy & Vision

• Develops, maintains, and communicates materials schedules, inventory positions, and product costs to supply planning, manufacturing operations and others, as necessary.

Operations

• Analyze requirements trends to support current and future production plans from operations planning. Generate and action direct materials needs utilizing and interpreting messages from the material requirements plan (MRP)
• Schedule the supply of direct materials and components to meet production requirements and minimum safety stock levels at Zimmer Biomet
• Communicate raw materials shortages, update supply plans and execute on follow up actions, as necessary
• Communicate with suppliers regarding future planned volumes, capacity, and capacity availability.
• Reconcile supply non-conformances, return of product, and re-planning of material needs
• Escalate supplier capacity related issues and overall performance issues to sourcing team / commodity management
• Develop, implement and evaluate processes for material delivery from supplier to point of use
• Implement all processes to agreed standards and targets and support continuous improvement initiatives and identify areas of improvement; includes setting of standard costs, and monitoring and resolving purchase price variance drivers
• Monitor inventory levels against target levels
• Support inventory checks to validate inventory accuracy
• Minimize obsolete stock and ensure business is left with minimum liability

What Makes You Stand Out

• Knowledge of supply chain planning and management
• Strong communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to work to deadlines and produce outputs on a regular, timely basis
• Understanding of end to end supply chain interactions, activities, and underlying interdependencies
• Ability to use analytical tools to issue, support, and execute decisions
• Analytical skills and ability to extract meaning from information from various sources of data
• Ability to communicate effectively both upwards and across the organization

Your Background

• BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or other related field
• 3-5 years of experience in supply chain, project management, planning, or IT systems, strongly preferred to have experience more than one area
• Experience with medical devices preferred
• Experience with one or more ERP system preferred
• Excel Advanced level
• English high proficiency

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Physical Requirements

Travel Expectations

5%